Masterworks of man and nature : preserving our world heritage

Complete Title

Publication Year

1992

Language(s)

English

Description

This stunningly attractive hardback book covering 360 sites on the UNESCO World Heritage List, combines a superb collection of over 400 colour photographs of cultural and natural World Heritage sites with essays contributed by world-renowned figures. Each site is illustrated and accompanied by a description of its location and significance.

ISBN

0-646-05376-0

Editor(s)

Organization(s)

Convention Concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, Secretariat

UNESCO

Imprint

Patonga, Australia : Harper-MacRae, 1992

Physical Description

447p. : ill., maps

Notes

Includes bibliographic references.

Second and third copies contain donation card: "Presented by the Government of Australia, through the Australian International Development Assistance Bureau (AIDAB), to commemorate the opening of the new world headquarters of the IUCN - The World Conservation Union. Gland, Switzerland, 3 November 1992."

Keywords

Cultural heritage

Historic sites and monuments

Protected areas

World Heritage

Call number

IUCN-1992-017